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Mangayarkarasiyar Guru Puja 2027: 7 May, Mount Vernon

மங்கையர்க்கரசியார் · Cittirai, Rohiṇī

🪔 Mangayarkarasiyar: Guru Puja
Cittirai, Rohiṇī · Mount Vernon, Kansas, America (United States)
வரிவளையாள் மானிக்கும் நேசனுக்கும் அடியேன்
"am the slave of Pūcal of Niṉṟavūr whose mouth was always chanting the Vētam of everlasting fame, of Māṉi with bangles having lines, and of Nēcaṉ."
Thevaram 7.39.11 (lines 2), thevaaram.org: https://www.thevaaram.org/thirumurai_1/songview.php?thiru=7&Song_idField=70390&padhi=039&startLimit=11&limitPerPage=1&sortBy=&sortOrder=DESC ; English gloss from the same page (Translation: V.M. Subramanya Aiyar, French Institute of Pondicherry / EFEO 2006)

A Chola princess who became queen of the Pandya king Ninrasir Nedumaran. While the king and the court followed Jainism, she kept her Shaiva faith.

With the minister Kulachirai she invited Thirugnana Sambandar to Madurai, through whom the king was cured and the land returned to Shiva. Sambandar praised her in his hymns.

Guru Puja monthCittirai
Guru Puja starRohiṇī
Source: Periya Puranam (Sekkizhar)

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